The ICCF Advisory Board is made up of a concerned group of both Republican and Democratic former Congressmen and other politically notable Americans. These board members engage Members of Congress, corporations, and Non-Governmental Organizations in ICCF educational activities and thereby effectively bridge the gap between private and public sectors.

Congressman Anthony is a former seven-term Member of Congress, prosecuting attorney for the 13th Judicial District in Arkansas, and assistant attorney general of Arkansas. He served on the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee and as a member of the Oversight and Trade Subcommittees as well as the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families.

Congressman Bereuter served for 26 years in the House of Representatives. Following his resignation from Congress he became the President of The Asia Foundation in 2004, an office he continues to hold. During his congressional career, he was a leading member of the House International Relations Committee, where he served as vice chairman, chaired the Asia - Pacific Subcommittee, chaired the Europe Subcommittee, was ranking minority member of the Human Rights Subcommittee, and had a long tenure on its Subcommittee on Economic Policy & Trade. He also served on the House Financial Services Committee for twenty-three years, and for sixteen years, chaired or served as ranking minority member of the Subcommittee on International Institutions.

Congresswoman Boggs served for 18 years in the House of Representatives following the death of her husband, House Majority Leader Hale Boggs. In 1997, President Bill Clinton appointed her U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican, a position she held until 2001.

Senator Breaux served fifteen years in the House of Representatives, followed by three terms in the Senate. In the Senate he was elected by his party as Chief Deputy Whip, a position he held from 1993 until his retirement. On the Senate Finance Committee, Mr. Breaux served as the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy. Having retired from the Senate in 2005, he recently formed the Breaux-Lott Leadership Group.

Mr. Carlson worked for Congressman Bill Archer for 30 years, serving as his Chief of Staff from 1988 to 2001. He has also served as Chief of Staff to Congressman John Culberson and worked for Congressmen Don Riegle and James Harvey. He is currently managing director in the Washington National Tax Services office of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Congressman Derrick served in the House of Representatives for more than 20 years. He was appointed as Chief Deputy Majority Whip, served on the House Rules Committee for 16 years, and chaired the Subcommittee on the Legislative Process. He served for 12 years on the House Budget Committee and chaired its Reconciliation Process. He also served for four years on the Banking Committee.

Robert Duvall is a six-time Academy Award Nominee famous for roles in The Godfather, Tender Mercies, The Great Santini, Gods and Generals, and many other films.  His wife, Mrs. Luciana Duvall, is an Argentine actress.

Mr. Elkman has more than 30 years of experience in financial services and has been a client advisor in the New York office of Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown for 11 years. Mr. Elkman is Chairman Emeritus of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and has served as director of the Jefferson Educational Foundation and a member of the New York Republican Finance Committee.

Congressman Ewing was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1991 from the 15th Illinois Congressional District and served five consecutive terms before retiring at the end of the 2000 Congressional session. As a member of Congress, Mr. Ewing served on the House Committee on Agriculture and as chairman of the Agriculture Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops, and played a major role in the passage of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000. He is a leading expert on agriculture issues, specifically those involving commodity futures and derivatives, crop insurance, and risk management.

Dr. Fay is a conservationist with the Science and Exploration Program at the Wildlife Conservation Society and a Conservation Fellow at the National Geographic Society. In 1997, he walked more than 1,200 miles over 15 months through a vast, intact forest corridor spanning Congo and Gabon, systematically surveying plants and wildlife as well as human impacts on uninhabited forest areas, for a project he developed called the Megatransect. This voyage resulted in the creation of a network of 13 national parks in Gabon and the Congo Basin Forest Partnership.

Congressman Fields represented Texas's Eight Congressional District from 1981 to 1997.  While in Congress he chaired the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance of the House Committee on Commerce, where he had numerous important legislative accomplishments.  Since retiring from the House, he has started an international trade corporation headquartered in Texas.

Congressman Gephardt represented Missouri's Third District for 28 years.  He held multiple leadership positions in the House, including terms as both Majority and then Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives. He served on both the Ways and Means and Budget Committees, where he became a national leader on health care, trade and tax fairness.

Congressman Greenwood represented Pennsylvania’s Eighth District in the House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005. He served as Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation. He later served as International President of the Global Legislators Organization for a Balanced Environment (GLOBE).

Senator Hart served two terms in the Senate. While a Senator he ran for the Democratic nomination for President twice, permanently changing the landscape of the nomination contest. Since retiring from the Senate Mr. Hart has practiced law, served on various government committees, and currently is a professor at the University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs.

Senator Bob Kasten represented Wisconsin for two terms in the United States House of Representatives before serving another 2 terms in the United States Senate. Senator Kasten is currently the president of Kasten & Company, a consulting firm in Washington, DC.

Congressman Lazio represented New York's Second Congressional District for eight years. He became Deputy Majority Whip in 1994 and was later named Assistant Majority Leader. Mr. Lazio served on the Commerce and Banking Committees and was chairman of the House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Housing.

Senator Trent Lott served in the United States House of Representatives for 16 years before serving another 18 in the United States Senate. During his 34 years in Congresshe served as the House of Representatives Minority Whip, the Senate Majority & Minority Whip and, Senate Majority & Minority Leader.

Congressman McCollum represented central Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 2001.  After graduating from law school, he served on active duty in the U.S. Navy from 1969-1972. In 1992, he retired from the Naval Reserve as a Commander, having served 23 years as an officer in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG). While in Congress he founded the House Republican Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare and  chaired it for six years.  He currently serves as the Attorney General of the State of Florida.

Congressman McMillan represented North Carolina's 9th Congressional District from 1985 to 1995.  An intelligence agent in the U.S. Army, he also was CFO of Ruddick Corp. and CEO of Harris Teeter Super Markets before being elected to Congress.  While in the House, McMillan served on Energy and Commerce and Budget Committees.

Congressman Portman represented Ohio's 2nd District from 1993 to 2005. As a Congressman, Portman was a member of the International Conservation Caucus and served on the Budget and Ways and Means Committees.   In 2005 he was confirmed by the Senate as U.S. Trade Representative, an office he filled for one year.  Portman was nominated and served as Director of the Office of Management ant Budget (OMB) for over a year, leaving the Administration for private practice with a law firm.  He currently lives with his wife and three children in Ohio.

Senator Pryor represented Arkansas's 4th district for 7 years in the U.S. House of Representatives before becoming the Governor of Arkansas in 1975. He was in the U.S. Senate for 18 years, serving as the chairman of the Senate Aging Committee. After his retirement from the Senate in 1997, Mr. Pryor served as founding dean of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock.

Congressman Schulze represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives for 18 years. He served on the House Ways and Means Committee and is a leading Washington expert on environmental regulations and legislation. He was founding Co-Chairman of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus in the U.S. Congress.

Congressman Smith served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995 and again from 1996 to 1999. He was Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture. He served in the Oregon State House of Representatives from 1960 through 1972 and as Oregon's Representative on the President's Public Land Review Committee from 1965 to 1969.

Congressman Charles Stenholm served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 26 years. He was a member of the House Committee on Agriculture, serving as the Committee’s ranking Democrat for eight years until 2004. He earned a reputation for building bipartisan alliances in areas as diverse as agriculture, resource conservation, food safety, Social Security, energy, health care, and budget.

Governor Sundquist served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995 and served as Governor of Tennessee from 1995 to 2003. In 2005, he was named head of a national panel on improving Medicaid.

Mrs. Thurmond, wife of the late Senator Strom Thurmond, is the former Miss South Carolina and a well-known public speaker. She is active in numerous charities, many of which she chairs, and is a published author.

Senator Wirth spent 12 years in the U.S. House of Representatives before serving a term in Senate in 1986. In 1993 he became the first undersecretary for Global Affairs under the Clinton Administration. He is currently the President of the United Nations Foundation.